Entries by Alison Parker

At the first Senate hearing on the proposed Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (the DREAM Act) on Tuesday, Senator Richard Durbin declared the need to give certain young undocumented immigrants a chance at legal status "one of the most compelling human rights issues"...

Every day the U.S. government is forced to grapple with the consequences of harsh and sweeping immigration laws passed by Congress 13 years ago. Under the 1996 laws, detention and deportation are mandatory for thousands of immigrants convicted of nonviolent crimes, and judges are powerless to intervene, even in the...